Tag: Lagos
Insecurity: Lagos embarks on aggressive community policing
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says it is dedicating this year’s Community Day to aggressively sensitise communities across the…
Lagos sets to begin airlifting of Jerusalem, Rome pilgrims
The Lagos State Government says it is set to begin the airlifting of year 2016 intending pilgrims to the Holy…
Lagos sanctions PHC workers for selling free drugs to patients
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has sanctioned some health workers in the state’s Primary Health Centres, PHCs, for selling…
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Lagos to shut Ahmadu Bello Way for mega street party
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government will on 3 and 4 December, 2016 shutdown Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island as…
Lagos moves to resolve challenges in LG administration
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says it is putting machinery in motion to tackle and resolve challenges encountered in…
2 die as trailers collide in Lagos
Two people have died as a trailer on top speed ran into another stationary trailer in Lekki area of Lagos,…
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No more environmental sanitation in Lagos, Appeal Court orders
The Appeal Court in Lagos has nullified the monthly environmental sanitation in Lagos State, saying it is illegal and ordered…
N25B ETF: Lagos targets 100,000 entrepreneurs 2019
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Monday said that it has set a target to utilize the N25billion Employment…
Lagos bans LAGBUS from Ikorodu Road corridor
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has banned LAGBUS (red buses) from plying the Ikorodu Road corridor with effect from…
Lagos charges Sole Administrators to intensify revenue generation
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has charged Sole Administrators in the 57 Local Government and Local Council Development Areas,…
Senate to reconsider 1% special grant for Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Senate is to reconsider the one percent special grant for Lagos from the Federation Account, being the…
500 emergency volunteers to tackle disasters in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga At least, 500 Emergency Management Volunteers, EMVs, are to complement the efforts of the Lagos State Government in…
Lagos , FG move to relocate Ikoyi Prisons over pollution
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos and Federal Governments are in talks over the relocation of the Ikoyi Prisons built in 1955…
Lagos dedicates Saturday’s sanitation to eliminate rodents
The Lagos State Government says it is dedicating this Saturday’s Monthly Environmental Sanitation Exercise to eliminate rodents and other vectors.…
Ambode to set up economic team over Lagos’ new economic status
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday expressed delight at the emergence of Lagos as the fifth…
Lagos arrests 8 prostitutes in Gen. Azazi’s house
The Lagos State Government has arrested eight suspected prostitutes and three men in the house of late National Security Adviser,…
Lagos sets to arraign kidnappers of Iba monarch
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government will on Monday arraign the key suspects arrested in connection with the kidnap of…
Lagos justifies demolition of illegal structures, shanties on river bank
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Tuesday clarified its decision to demolish illegal structures and shanties erected along the…
Lagos sets to stage Ewuro drama to tackle violence against women
Kazeem Ugbodaga With increasing wave of violence against women in the state, the Lagos State Government is set to stage…
RRS arrests 6 cable thieves in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command, on Monday, busted a…
Lagos moves to streamline revenue collection to tackle multiple taxation
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has moved to streamline revenue collection in the state in a bid to nip…
Visa racketeering fraudster arrested in Lagos
A 28 year old man, Emu – Larry Chidebere, has been apprehended by the operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS)…
Lagos moves to upgrade schools in slum areas
The Lagos State Government at the weekend said it would commence total upgrade of schools in the State, especially in…
Lagos procures equipment to tackle menace of water hyacinth
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has procured two modern equipment to tackle the menace of water hyacinth from the…
Police arrest 5 kidnappers in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Officials of the Nigerian Police have arrested five kidnappers who have carried out kidnapping activities at Isheri area…
Igbonla kidnap: We’ll rid Lagos off criminal elements-LASG
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Wednesday confirmed the release of the four pupils and teachers of the Lagos…
Lagos expends N166.8 billion on capital project in 9 months
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday disclosed that the state government has spent N166.8 billion on capital…
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Akiolu attacks Obasanjo: You’re the reason Lagos not granted Special Status
Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu has accused former Nigeria’s President, Olusegun Obasanjo of being the reason behind Lagos not being…
Lagos demolishes illegal structures in Obalende
The Lagos State Ministry of the Environment has demolished several illegal structures in Obalende area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. This…
Lagos ready to make Badagry next tourism destination
The Lagos State Government has assured residents of Badagry of its readiness to promote tourism and empowerment in the area…